Supply Chain Management jobs in South Africa

The Logistics Supervisor is responsible for coordinating all activities related to the movement of materials and supplies into the company and the movement of finished products to customers in a timely and cost-effective manner. In addition, monitor warehouse and distribution areas for efficiency in operations and capacity.

Job Duties and Responsibilities include the following :

• Compiling records and prepare reports
• Coordinate and manage a small team with offloading
• Health and safety supervision and checks on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Receiving construction materials, processing, and storage of material and ensuring materials are delivered to site timeously.
• Ensuring proper and adequate optimization of storage areas i.e. stores / containers / yard.
• Preparation of material to issue to sub-contractor and ensuring that materials are checked correctly before issue. i.e. serial numbers and quantities.
• Ensuring that materials are captured and processed on Online Applications.
• Mitigating, resolving, and recording material issues daily i.e. Defects, damages
• Doing all administrative aspects of material receiving and issuing.
• Ensuring administrative requirements of materials receiving and dispatching are recorded and filed.
• Processing of delivery notes issued for material issues to be signed, scanned, recorded, and filed.
• Updating spreadsheets on excel to track materials that have been received and issued to sub-contractors and sharing this information on a weekly basis for material requests to be made correctly.
• Support in the procurement of local tooling and spare parts processes.
• Support in the management of logistics and storage of components through port, warehousing.
• Communicating with third party vendors daily.
• Check report on temporary storage yard.
• Ensure that the products are suitably packaged.
• Assisting with BBBEE verification of suppliers.

Logistics Supervisor Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or related field
• At least 5 years of prior experience in a supervisory role in logistics or related field
• Knowledge of shipping, receiving, and distribution processes and procedures
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to multitask and prioritize workloads in a fast-paced environment